Also this platform is in BETA... they are still working on it. Tuesday there will be a couple of big changes in case you are not aware of it.

1. Payouts will go from 24 hours to 12 hours. So the trending page should cycle faster. There will also be the possibility for additional payout in 30 days so unlike now, your posts can continue to earn over time. This might help with HIDDEN GEM type situations.

2. There will be a limit on the amount of BLOG posts you can do in 24 hours before you start to penalize potential earnings. As I understand it this is 4-6. The idea here I guess is to reduce spam, and increase quality. You can still reply and comment on BLOG posts with no penalty.

So with this being BETA they are learning and they are trying new things. Last I looked we only had about 30,000 people using steemit.